Following the discovery of the ‘lost’ Beagle 2 lander on the surface of Mars BILL READ reports on how the 2003 UK space mission came much closer to success than previously realised and how the UK is a key player in the forthcoming ESA ExoMars missions to the Red Planet.

Vice Chairman of the RAeS General Aviation Group, JOHN ROBERTSON, reports on the Group’s annual conference at which a significant announcement was made concerning the development of new UK light aircraft designs.

A key find in the RAeS/National Aerospace Library shows how British Air Intelligence was carefully poring over German reports and publications in the 1930s to judge the scale and strength of the future threat from the Luftwaffe and Germany's fast-growing aviation industry. NAL Librarian TONY PILMER ...

Despite rising threats and an uncertain world, there is increasing concern that UK’s planned strategic defence review in 2015 will be bleak indeed for the defence sector and especially those on the front line as austerity bites deeper. TIM ROBINSON reports.

In the December 2014 edition of AEROSPACE, the RAeS monthly flagship magazine: UK scientific research aircraft, morphing aircraft technology and air power role sharing plus the usual news, comment, insight and Society business.

RAeS Head of Research, Professor Keith Hayward, looks at the choices for SE England airport capacity expansion as the Davies Commission enters the final stage ahead of publishing its recommendations next year.